It can get a few percent longer if sailing between Madagascar and the rest of Africa but Pakistan-Russia does not have the same ring to it, I guess.

Edit: source (German), they also show the longest land route (across Eurasia of course)

[–] Tobberone@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago (5 children)

That's not a straight line, although it is possible to follow without changing direction😊

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 80 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I KNOW IT'S BASICALLY A CIRCLE IN 3D SPACE. There is an exact amount of pedantry at play here, and you're going over.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Would you say that they... crossed the line?!?! 😏😏😏

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In our space time frame of reference, we never change direction, we travel in a straight line. It's a straight line.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And when Im walking, in my frame of refrence, the houses on the side of the road move behind me. Houses move.

[–] techt@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

But following the surface of a sphere causes you to constantly change direction

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Would straight plane be as understandable?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Correct! Technically :P

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dude that's awesome. How did you make these images??

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

I didn't, it's from a spiegel.de article